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Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2023 Sep 4;205:451–453. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.07.177

Table 1:

Median Absolute and Log-Transformed Values of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Stratified by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Body Mass Index

	Absolute value	Log Transformed Value	p-values
	Absolute value	Log Transformed Value	Unadjusted	Adjusted^*
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White (n=4,532)	870 (438, 1,639)	6.77 (6.08, 7.40)	<0.001	0.002
Non-Hispanic Black (n=1,836)	777 (362, 1,514)	6.66 (5.89, 7.32)	<0.001	0.002
Sex
Male (n=5,670)	851 (429, 1,577)	6.75 (6.06, 7.36)	0.07	0.27
Female (n=1,620)	893 (404, 1,765)	6.79 (6.00, 7.48)	0.07	0.27
Body Mass Index
<25 kg/m² (n=2,389)	1,186 (630,2,170)	7.09 (6.45, 7.68)	<0.001	<0.001
25-30 kg/m² (n=2,289)	873 (438, 1,632)	6.77 (6.08, 7.40)
≥30 kg/m² (n=2,612)	642 (311, 1,170)	6.46 (5.74, 7.06)

Median (interquartile range) of BNP values depicted in pg/mL.

^*

Adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, and race/ethnicity